Question to the Home Office:

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what assessment his Department has made of the functioning of the European Arrest Warrant as a result of the recent case brought to the ECJ, the Irish Supreme Court Case Minister for Justice -v- Celmer.

The UK will continue to apply Council Framework Decision of 13 June 2002 on the European Arrest Warrant and the surrender procedure between Member States, in line with EU law. Any impact on the operation of the European Arrest Warrant with Poland cannot be properly assessed until the outcome of the case is known.